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  On April 18, the UN Security Council considered Palestine’s application for membership in the United Nations. When a vote was taken on a draft resolution to recommend Palestine’s admission...

http://opiniojuris.org/2024/05/03/forget-the-security-council-the-general-assembly-can-admit-palestine/

What if we could get back to the drawing board in human rights law? What would be the most decisive game changer? For some, it may be adding new rights or reframing existing rights. For...

http://opiniojuris.org/2024/05/03/beyond-territoriality-symposium-on-jurisdictional-hooks-for-extraterritorial-human-rights-obligations-back-to-the-drawing-board-debordering-human-rights-law/

Striding Towards Responsible Business Conduct in The Age of Due Diligence Laws Mandatory human rights due diligence (mHRDD) laws are in vogue.  After the completion of...

http://opiniojuris.org/2024/05/02/beyond-territoriality-symposium-on-jurisdictional-hooks-for-extraterritorial-human-rights-obligations-reflecting-on-the-regulation-of-global-value-chains-and-the-duties-of/

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The intertwined global ecological and social crises of today have implications for the framing of human rights obligations that cross borders. We are living in a...

http://opiniojuris.org/2024/05/01/beyond-territoriality-symposium-on-jurisdictional-hooks-for-extraterritorial-human-rights-obligations-human-rights-relationships-across-borders-in-the-triple-planetary-crisis/

[Ademola Oluborode Jegede is full professor of law, and the Interim Director of the Ismail Mahomed Centre for Human and Peoples’ Rights in the School of Law, University of Venda, South Africa. ...

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Introduction For some time now, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has been widely accused of its “erratic and unprincipled” case...

http://opiniojuris.org/2024/04/30/beyond-territoriality-symposium-on-jurisdictional-hooks-for-extraterritorial-human-rights-obligations-post-agostinho-learning-moments-for-extraterritorial-jurisdiction-in-human/

Today, opportunities for states to affect human rights abroad abound: global phenomena like organized crime, global warming, or terrorism multiply the scope of individuals a state can and does a...

http://opiniojuris.org/2024/04/30/beyond-territoriality-symposium-on-jurisdictional-hooks-for-extraterritorial-human-rights-obligations-why-we-need-a-firm-justificatory-basis-for-extraterritorial-human-rights-ob/

, focusing on an inclusive reconceptualisation of duty and duty bearers in international human rights law through inspiration from other legal fields.] Why Would States and Others Have (Extraterr...

http://opiniojuris.org/2024/04/29/beyond-territoriality-symposium-on-jurisdictional-hooks-for-extraterritorial-human-rights-obligations-introduction/

To have your event or announcement featured in next week’s post, please send a link and a brief description to ojeventsandannouncements@gmail.com. Calls for Papers Cambridge International Law J...

http://opiniojuris.org/2024/04/28/events-and-announcements-28-april-2024/

As the Israel-Hamas war drags through its sixth month, one topic of immense and continuing controversy is the use of AI tools by the IDF as part of its military...

http://opiniojuris.org/2024/04/26/expedient-or-reckless-reconciling-opposing-accounts-of-the-idfs-use-of-ai-in-gaza/

1.       Introduction Debate as to the...

http://opiniojuris.org/2024/04/26/inter-state-alliances-as-participants-in-international-law-making/

Introduction  Although nuclear weapons have only been used in warfare twice, approximately 13,080 are said to remain in our world today, and over 2,000 nuclear tests have been conducted to date...

http://opiniojuris.org/2024/04/25/pursuing-a-comprehensive-non-proliferation-and-disarmament-agenda-irreversible-nuclear-disarmament-ind-an-african-perspective/

[The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not...

http://opiniojuris.org/2024/04/24/an-option-for-ecowas-the-legality-of-treaty-based-regional-organization-military-intervention-under-the-jus-ad-bellum-part-ii/

[The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not...

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